100 THE DRIFFJELD ANGLER* 



The head of the pond should be at the 

 lowest part of the ground, and the trench of 

 the flood-gate, or sluice, should have a pretty 

 swift fall, that the water may not be too long 

 in running out when it is to be emptied. 



If more ponds than one are to be made 

 at a time, it will be most beautiful and ad- 

 vantageous to have them placed one above 

 another, in such a manner that the head of 

 one may be next to the point or tail of the 

 other. If the pond carries six feet of water 

 it is sufficient, but yet it should be eight feet 

 deep, that there may be room enough to 

 receive the rains and freshes that may fall 

 into it : in some places there should be 

 shoals for the fish to spawn upon, and sun 

 themselves in ; as likewise holes, hollow 

 banks, and roots of trees, to serve for re- 

 tiring places : some cast in bavins in the most 

 sandy places, not far from the side, which 

 serve not only for the fish to spawn upon, 

 but are defences for the young fry against 

 such vermin as would devour them. Trees 



